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Mississippi Valley Historical Review Vol. XXI, No. 3 Dec, 1934
TEE SLAVE TRADE BETWEEN KENTUCKY AND THE COTTON KINGDOM By T.D. Clark
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The slave trade In Kentucky was centered in the city of Lexington; which was from the beginning the capital of the Blue Grass region. Unlike the system of agricul¬ ture in the South, Kentucky's methods were not conducive to slave labor. As long as there were lands to be cleared and hemes to be built the institution of slavery thrived. Once these tasks were accomplished the system of slavery had outlived its usefulness. Cereal, hemp, and livestock were not grown with any success by the slaves, and since cotton was not produced in Kentucky in merchantable quantities slavery became more and more unprofitable. At the same time the number of slaves increased at an alarming rate, and their disposal without financial loss became the problem of the slave owners.
Kentucky was fortunate in having several external factors act as safety valvtes for its ever-expanding growing slave pouplation. After the War of 1812 the southern sugar and cotton belts expanded. Tobacco prices declined while sugar and cotton prices showed an Increase.*
^DeBow's Review (New Orleans, 1846-64, 1866-70, 1879- 1880), XI (1851K 69, 70r73, 488-96.
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Mississippi Valley Historical Review Vol. XXI, No. 3 Dec, 1934
TEE SLAVE TRADE BETWEEN KENTUCKY AND THE COTTON KINGDOM By T.D. Clark
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The slave trade In Kentucky was centered in the city of Lexington; which was from the beginning the capital of the Blue Grass region. Unlike the system of agricul¬ ture in the South, Kentucky's methods were not conducive to slave labor. As long as there were lands to be cleared and hemes to be built the institution of slavery thrived. Once these tasks were accomplished the system of slavery had outlived its usefulness. Cereal, hemp, and livestock were not grown with any success by the slaves, and since cotton was not produced in Kentucky in merchantable quantities slavery became more and more unprofitable. At the same time the number of slaves increased at an alarming rate, and their disposal without financial loss became the problem of the slave owners.
Kentucky was fortunate in having several external factors act as safety valvtes for its ever-expanding growing slave pouplation. After the War of 1812 the southern sugar and cotton belts expanded. Tobacco prices declined while sugar and cotton prices showed an Increase.*
^DeBow's Review (New Orleans, 1846-64, 1866-70, 1879- 1880), XI (1851K 69, 70r73, 488-96.
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